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' at their outer or free ends 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON MOREHOUSE, OF ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK A.MOREHOUSE, OF ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NEW JERSEY.

BILL-FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that AARON Monnnonsn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlantic Highlands, in the county of Monmouth and State ofNew Jersey, has invented certain new and useiul Improvements inBill-Files, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper files and binders and more particularlyto the class known as bill files, and has for its object to provide afile so arranged that papers may be easily engaged therewith or detachedtherefrom, but which will preventthe accidental disengagement of paperstherefrom.

Another object is to provide a file which will include no sharp orexposed points with consequent danger to papers or the person of theuser. I

A further object is to provide a structure which, while embodying theabove enumerated advantages, will be simple and so arranged that it maybe produced at a low figure.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be apparent that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of theclaims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views.Figure lis a perspective view of the file, showing the method of engaging a piece of paper therewith. Figv 2 is a front elevation of thetile.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention includes asupporting board 5, to which the paper receiving wire 6, is attached.This wire 6 includes two semi-circular end portions 7 and 8, overlappingand 8, these ends being beveled, as shown, to rest against each other.At their inner or connected ends, the end portions terminate inlaterally extending loops 7 and 8 respectively, which projectoppositely, and which receive attaching screws 9 by which the wire issecured to the board.

In forming the paper-receiving wire, a length of ordinary Wire ofsuitable stiffness is provided, which, adjacent to its center is curvedoutwardly, then rearforming the loop 7 Beyond the point of crossing, thewire extends laterally and forwardly, as at X, and is then curvedoutwardly, then rearwardly, and then inwardly, to form the loop 8,beyond which a wire extends beneath the portion Y. The end portions ofthe wire are then curved upwardly and toward each other in semi-circularshape, as previously described,

the extremities thereof overlapping, as stated.

In engaging a piece of paper with the file, it is passed between the endportions 7 and 8, and is then brought into engagement with the ends ofone of these portions, which is thus caused to pass through the paper.

It will be understood that by reason of the resilience of the wire, thetwo end portions 7 and 8 may be shifted to cause one of these endportions to lie at times at one side of the other end portion and attimes at the opposite side thereof.

The location of the loops at the opposite sides of the ring formed bythe end portions 7 and 8, provides for the greatest resistance to thetendency of the file toward lateral movement through separation of theoverlapped end portions.

What is claimed is:

In a hill file, the combination with a support, of a single wire bent toform curved end portions having overlapping extremities and laterallyextending oppositely disposed loops adjacent to the connected ends ofthe end portions, and fastening devices engaged in the loops and in thesupport, said overlapping end portions being located opposite to theloops and being movable away from each 75 other in a plane parallel tothe plane of the loops for engagement of papers over the extremities ofsaid end portions.

In testimony whereof he afiixes his signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

AARON MOREHOUSE.

Witnesses F. E. PRICE,

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